Making Hard Yards with the Swans

by Mark Mordue | Apr 7, 2020

What does leadership mean anyway? It can rise up from the ground as much as something delivered from above. In the car park for the Addison Road Community Organisation two of the Sydney Swans finest, Nick Smith (left) and Kieren Jack, are standing around having a chat...

Changing the Game – Addi Road, Craig Foster and food relief in Sydney

by Mark Mordue | Apr 3, 2020

There’s no other way to put it. Darcy Byrne, the Mayor of Inner West Council in Sydney, says that “if it wasn’t for Addi Road all the major NGOs and charity organisations we work with would have run out of food two weeks ago.” He is standing out front of Gumbramorra...

White Crosses

by Mark Mordue | Mar 31, 2020

Day ends at the Addison Road Community Organisation. Gurwinder starts to take the chairs from the road, leaving only the white crosses that now mark out the social distance needs of our times. Addi Road’s Food Pantry works as a super low-cost supermarket for people in...

Feeding the People – Addi Road, Craig Foster and Anthony Albanese

by Mark Mordue | Mar 31, 2020

Anthony Albanese came down to the Addison Road Community Organisation this morning to take a closer look at Addi Road’s Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre.  He met up with footballer and SBS commentator Craig Foster, who has been pitching in here,...